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In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

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Artwork Labeled “Runokuvitus, Der Zauberlehrling,” by Johann Baptist Sonderland (c. 1805-1878)

This illustration, labeled “Runokuvitus, Der Zauberlehrling” in the Finnish National Gallery, was created by the German artist Johann Baptist Sonderland (c. 1805-1878). Sonderland’s artwork...

The Tragic Greek Myth Of Niobe, And Her Family That Was Massacred By The Gods

(Apollo and Artemis Killing The Niobids, c. 1772, by Pierre-Charles Jombert, via Creative Commons) The myth of Niobe is definitely a contender for ancient...

The Bizarre Story Of The Nazi Leader, Rudolf Hess

(Rudolf Hess on trial at the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, c. 1946, via Creative Commons)   In 1920, Rudolf Hess (1894-1987) joined the Nazi Party...
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